The lithosphere in Italy: Structure and seismicity

Journal of the Virtual Explorer

Volumn 36, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Brandmayr, Enrico ^a   Raykova, Reneta Blagoeva ^b,c   Zuri, Marco ^a   Romanelli, Fabio ^a,b   Doglioni, Carlo ^d   Panza, Giuliano Francesco ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

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EID: 80052644976     PISSN: 14418126     EISSN: 14418142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3809/jvirtex.2009.00224     Document Type: Article

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